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Reflections on everyday daddy stuff
Posted on August 4, 2014 by Leo
Recently at my church a young pregnant woman passed away. I won’t say how or names in order to keep their personal information private. I did not know this woman or her family, but they are a part of my faith family so it… Continue Reading “Fragile”
Category: complacency, death, enjoying the moment, fatherhood, fully alive, living, living in the moment, SufferingTags: death, Fatherhood, fully alive, living, living in the moment, parenting
Posted on November 25, 2013 by Leo
We have a serious problem with manhood in our society. I recently gave a talk to 8th grade boys on this topic and when I asked them to raise their hand and tell me if they understood what it meant to be a man,… Continue Reading “Live, Fight, Die”
Category: adventure, battle, best self, dying to self, fatherhood, fathers, fighting, living, manhood, Parenting, surrendering, Uncategorized, video gamesTags: battle, Dragon, dying to self, Elder Scrolls V Skyrim, Fatherhood, fighting, living, manhood, Video game
Posted on November 7, 2013 by Leo
So I think I am figuring out this whole timing thing with a baby. I am told that getting anywhere on time with kids is pretty much impossible. “You just have to plan better” was my answer. That was always responded to with laughter… Continue Reading “The 45 Minute Cushion”
Category: fatherhood, fathers, living, patience, time managementTags: Cat, Claire, daughter, Diaper, Fatherhood, fathers, parenting, time management
Posted on October 31, 2013 by Leo
So complacency has led us to not live our lives to the full. Complacency has in many ways stolen our ability to see what this fullness even looks like. Worse of all, complacency has stolen our heart—the one thing we need to be fully… Continue Reading “Fully Alive: Part II – Waking the Dead”
Category: best self, complacency, fatherhood, fathers, fully alive, God, holiness, living, Parenting, surrendering, UncategorizedTags: Contentment, dying to self, Fatherhood, fathers, fully alive, glory, glory of god, God, Human, love, Marriage, parenting, Warm Bodies, Zombie, Zombie comedy
Posted on October 24, 2013 by Leo
There are so many things to fear in this world: death, being mugged, losing a loved one, loss of financial stability, cancer…the list goes on. I fear never becoming the man God has called me to be. There is something incredibly frightening at the… Continue Reading “Fully Alive: Part I”
Category: best self, complacency, dying to self, fatherhood, fathers, fully alive, God, holiness, Jesus, living, UncategorizedTags: Christianity, Contentment, fully alive, Glory (religion), God, Irenaeus, life, living, parenting, Saint Irenaeus, Satan
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